Hunger (2008)
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
Starring Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham
Directed by Steve McQueen
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ death.
Runtime: 96 min.
Rating: 7.3
Languages: English
Countries: Ireland,United Kingdom
Genres: Drama,History
Keywords: prison,police brutality,prisoner,hunger strike,biography,northern ireland,belfast, north ireland,catholic priest,1980s,ira
Cast
Bobby Sands
Ray Lohan
Priest
Raymond's Mother
Raymond's Wife
Davey Gillen
Gerry Campbell
Gerry's Girlfriend
The Governor
William
Mr Sands
Mrs. Sands
Hitman
Bearded Man
Priest
Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves
Loyalist Orderly
Chief MO
12 Year Old Bobby